A BIRMINGHAM City Council tenant is being evicted from his local authority home after previously being convicted of violently assaulting his ex-wife.

Paul Cahill, 37, was given notice to quit the three-bedroom house in Gildas Avenue, Kings Norton, at the city’s county court after being found guilty of violently assaulting his ex-wife in May 2010 and March last year.

The court heard he had seriously breached his tenancy agreement.

A city council spokesman said: “The council has clear conditions of tenancy regarding anti-social behaviour. This includes domestic violence which specifically forbids tenants from using threatening behaviour, including physical, psychological, sexual, financial or emotional abuse towards anyone living at a council property.”

Council policy states it will take action, including eviction, against tenants convicted of domestic violence.